The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-04
FARM TALKS.

AToeo-CuiiVutlOn OF OrcnuTus, etc.
1t is to be regretted that the farmers
, each State could not contribute every
ear volume of their actual ex-
eriences, writes Ben: Perlcy Poore, in
he american CaltivatOr One of the
rst Patent Office reports, much of
Fhich was complied from information
FINISHED by practical husbandmen,
AS really far more useful, in my
umble opinion, than the long scientific
ssertations from paid professors
hitch Mr.. Colman now gives us.
rthur Young, one of the ablest agri-
lltural writers that ever lived. says:
The publication of experiments really
ade, faithfully related and sufficiently
ithenticated, is of great and import
pit consequence to the public good.
ut the very reverse is the case with
ese books, which are published under
C title of General Treatises and
Sstems,' comprehending more soils.
rlicles of culture, ETC., than any one
can experimentally have a
howledge Of consisting of the most
heterogeneous parts, purloined out of
rmer books on the same subjects
thout common knowledge to dis
|ver the good from the bad. II has
ben said several times, and with very
Feat Justice. that what we want is q
Pok of experiments. If any practical,
telligent husbandman, who occupied
farm, would only keep an exact
kgister of all his business, such
bllection would form, as far as it ex-
nded, complete set of experiments.
hat we have are the authors reflec-
bns, instead of that which enabled
m TO reflect, and from which we
ght draw very different conclusions.
10 experiment is truth itself; the
thor's conclusions matter of opinion,
iich we may either agree to or reject
cording to our private notions. J."
1t was formerly customary to prune
nit trees in March Or April, but COM
tent authority has recommended that
s work be omitted until May, when
leaves are out, and by others still
rther to postpone it It'll the last of
ne or beginning of July. Against
hrch and April pruning it is urged
BIT Z wood, where cut. is liable to
kch through the influence of the dry
Hinds of those months, and being
protected by foliage. that the sap is
to exude and waste. and to corrode
lips of the wound; and that, at this
son, the efforts of nature to heal the
unded parts are feeble. May prun-
has been objected to for the reason
t as at this time all the organs of the
int are in active operation, and the
bwth more vigorous than in any
nth of the year, pruning cannot be
pjudical. The sap vessels are at
this time full, and the sap pushing
h great force to the extremities;
il the branches are materially
FINISHED, the sap will force itself out
ar where its flow has been stopped.
numerous shoots, useless for fruit
unsi ghtly to the eye. Those who
70 pruned at this season can judge
ct force there is in these objections.
pst of our trees, and particularly
bit trees, have two periods of growth
season, the first principally in
Nv or June, and the other towards
tumn. Between these two periods
ir growth is in manner quiescent.
is is declared by many to be the best
|iod for pruning, because the second
with sufiices to cover the lips of the
and, or, when small, the wound it.
with new wood and bark; and, in
sec6pd place, because the volume
Lofce OF the sap are then so much
finished that few shoots or sprays
thrown out have tried the diff
mt seasons, and am Of the opin-
that the aforementioned time has
ded preference. For three sue
i've years l have pruned my orch
after cutting an early crop Of grass,
the middle Of July, and have wit
ed none of the evils which have
lied from Autumn and Spring
hing.
will give but three rules in regard
be operation of pruning an orchard,
they will be short ones.